Sunday, June 9, 2013

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MINI STROKE

I can't believe what this week has been like. Wednesday night after our congregation meeting we came home Got into our regular routine had something to snack on and I went to bed. All of a sudden I heard banging and didn't know what was going on I came out of the room and there was my husband pinned up against the wall said with slurry speech that he just lost his balance but he could not walk it was the scariest thing I ever seen. Of course he has to be Mr macho and not want to go to hospital and would not let me call 911. I walked him over to the couch and in a few minutes about 10 minutes I guess he was fine. , just scared.
I started to do research and he had all the symptoms of a mini stroke. I spoke to a few of my friends in the health care field and they said he better go get checked before another one comes and it may not be a mini so I took him Friday after he finished work and went to emergency room and they were awesome took him in right away and checked him out gave him a cat scan, blood work and all that stuff, but nothing showed on the brain because it was too late or left no damage which is great I'm glad no harm was done. Tomorrow we are going to see the doctor and I'm sure she is going to send him to neurologist.
Any way this happening was an eye opener and made us think that last month when I was away at my daughters helping out with the new baby my husband was going to see his brother who is a snowbird. On his way there he got confused and called his brother because he didn't know what street to turn on and I guess he must have been swaying dropped his phone and the next thing he was stopped by police and they thought he was drunk. They gave him the breathe test and it was 0 then they weren't happy with that and made him walk the line which he failed terribly he thought because of his menares disease or his degenerated disc disease anyway they arrested him had a terrible night in jail and I didn't even know till the next day. So we put two and two together and we think he must have been having a min stroke that night and the cops did not even think the was having a medical emergency. He lost his licence and we have to go to a hearing tomorrow for his licence and the following week for arrest we don't have a laywer cause who could afford that with both of us on disability and so when he goes to court hopefully he will be able to get a public defender. The past few weeks have been a night mare and I hope it all turns out well.

Transient ischemic attack

Mini stroke; TIA; Little stroke

A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is when blood flow to a part of the brain stops for a brief period of time. A person will have stroke-like symptoms for up to 24 hours, but in most cases for 1 - 2 hours.

A TIA is felt to be a warning sign that a true stroke may happen in the future if something is not done to prevent it.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors

A TIA is different than a stroke. After a TIA, the blockage breaks up quickly and dissolves. Unlike a stroke, a TIA does not cause brain tissue to die.

The loss of blood flow to an area of the brain can be caused by:

A blood clot in an artery of the brain

A blood clot that travels to the brain from somewhere else in the body (for example, from the heart)

An injury to blood vessels

Narrowing of a blood vessel in the brain or leading to the brain

High blood pressure is the number one risk for TIAs and stroke. The other major risk factors are:

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